Tie-frame.



No. 845,246. PATENTBD FEB. 26, 1907. A. A. MATHEWS.

TIE FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 29. 1906.

WITNESSES [/VVE/VTOIB A TTOR/VE VS at its ends into the laterally-extending Wings AMOS AYRES MATHEWS, OF LOUISIANA, MISSOURI.

TIE-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed October 29, 1906. Serial No. 341,146.

To all whom, it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, AMos AYnEs MATHEWS, i a citizen of the United States, residing at l Louisiana, in the county of Pike and State l of Missouri, have invented a new and useful T ie-Framc, of which the following is a specii fication.

This invention has relation to tie-frames; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the parts as hereinafter l shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a frame adapted to be applied to and fit a collar of any size. The tie is constructed or l built upon the frame. Consequently the design or configuration of the tie proper may be such as to suit the fancy of the wearer. The frame consists,primari ly, of acontinuous l throat bar or member which terminates at l itsends in laterally-extending wings adapted to fit under the lapel of the collar. The lower members of the frame extend toward each other from the wings and are provided with means for engaging the shank of the collar-button. The frame is provided with means for retaining stitching that may be passed through the tie in order to prevent lateral displacement of the same with relation to the frame.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l 1 is a rear view of a four-in-hand tie with l parts cut away, illustrating the frame applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one i form of the frame.

The tie-frame comprises the ccntinuousl throat bar or member 1, which is adapted to fit. under the lap of the collar and is formed 2. The said wings are curved downward and merge into the return portions 3, which are substantially parallel with the inter-i mediate portion 1.

The throat-bar or intermediate portion 1 is provided with the detents 8, which are adapted to hold the thread for the purposes of fixing the tie 7 with relation to the frame. The wires constituting the tie-frame are secured together by the plate 9, which in turn is provided with a socket 10 for the reception of the shank of the collar-button. The said plate 9 is provided at its edges with the cutout portions 11, which are bent up and form receiving-eyes for the ends of the return portions 3 3. It will be observed that the throat-bar or intermediate portion 1 is continuous and is provided with means for receiving the tie-attaching thread and that the return-bars 3 3 are spaced away from the throat-b ar 1, and consequently when the collar-buttonengaging notch is placed upon the button the bars 3 3 must be compressed or moved slightly toward the throat-bar 1 in order to seat the wings 2 2 under the lap of the collar. Hence the frame has to be sprung into position upon the collar-button.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A tieframe comprising a throat-bar and laterally-extending wings and return-bars, a plate located at the ends of the return-b ars and having a notch for the reception of the shank of a collar-button and having at its edges cut-out portions which are bent up and form receiving-eyes for the ends of the said l return-b ars.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my s1gnature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

AMOS AYRES MATHEWS.

Witnesses:

A. M. PARKER, JAMES T. MoOAiG. 

